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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 05, 1903

Page

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Portrait of Rachel Powear Breaks Studio Crowds

In Show Sunday at Mrs. Damas studio, Rachel Dudley’s painting draws praise as crowds gather for the Academy exhibit. Valentine Harrington appears with Miss Dudley’s friend Dorothy, and General Vandeleur later buys the work, discovering Rachel’s real identity as Powear and Rachel confronts her grandfather’s past.

Francino Geo Academy Rachel Mrs. Damas Achel Actel Burlington Damas Mia Preamas Valentine Blarrington Indead Harrington Abe Alio JF Rachel Valentine Harrington Atablo Val Hartington Mindemoiselle Francine Mra. Damas Vandeleur Portland Place Dorothy Mrs. Danns Lina Highlander Antonio Hagtion Frangino Damas Stew Vinddelour Dudley Ale Diddley Goldier Afghaniatan Ray Miss Dudley Anid Rachel Rachel Power Fen Sashel

Not a Park The Great Yellowstone Should Be a Wilderness

Ruystun nayd Bakor argues in Century that Yellowstone belongs as a wilderness not a park. He laments roads poles and embankments marring wild harmony while praising untouched forest, river, and fire scar beauty as essential to preservation for future generations.

Great Yellowstone Yellowstone Park Ruystunnayd Bakor

Boston Hub Theater Scene Cited As Busy Center

In The Whirl a quoted line notes Boston has one theater called the Hub and argues it should be the busy section due to much activity around it. The fragment attributes the remark to Ctere f and Plahi Deuler.

Boston Hub Cteref and Plahi Deuler

Coffee consumption by nation sparks global comparison

Americans average twelve pounds of coffee per person annually, Danes and Norwegians use time with high consumption, while England drinks less than three quarters of a pound of tea per person a year.

England

College Education and Influence in the Fifty-eighth Congress

The piece argues university training matters less than practical experience for lawmakers. It notes 227 of 611 members claim college education, with 221 stating other schooling. Leaders often lack college degrees, while many effective workers rose from public schools and small academies. Southern members skew college affiliated. most Northern members come from business. Country born representatives predominate, many self-educated, highlighting the school of experience over formal degrees.

Congress Maine California Wittw Senate United States Guccoas South North Vitty Booth Vine Verum Tve Star of Ohio

All Around the Globe Union Meets in St Louis in 1004

The International Typographical Union plans a 1004 meeting in St Louis. A mining company forms to extract radium ore in Ritter County Colorado. J Childress, 60, ground boss at Pearling Spurgeon Missouri, killed by a carriage. Miss Sadie Mitzmorris, 33, near Wedonia Kansas, died by self inflicted throat injury. Ex Senator Pettigrew leads a new South Dakota drive to colonize Boers in Mexico.

Enternationa!l Typographiecal Union St. Louis Raitt County Colo J. Childress Peari Ming Spurgeon Cayery Childress All Is Life Sadie Mitzmorris Wredonia Kaw R. S. Pettigrew South Dakota Mexico

Roosevelt Sermon Urges Civic Righteousness and Action

Roosevelt in a Pan American missionary conference sermon argues that good intentions alone cannot enact reform. He stresses practical power through action, civic righteousness, and living the duty to make the state worthy. He warns against mere singing of ideals without concrete effort to shape life and policy.

Roosevelt Sanday Afount Allung Bisssop Catterlee Missionary Conference Roosevelt

Receivers Appointed for Street Railway in Chicago

The Lake Street Elevated Railroad Company with $10,000,000 capital was placed in the hands of a receiver by Cook County Circuit Court Judge Tut Hill at the directors’ request. The suit, led by stockholders James Botton and Daniel Crilly, accuses Charles Yerkes Clarence Knight and associates of reckless extravagance and fraud aimed at wrecking the line to force a sacrifice and deprive other stockholders of rights.

Lake Street Chicago Chicago Lake Street Cook County Tuthill Baquitable Trust Company Dill James Botton Daniel D. Crilly Charles J. Yerkes Clarence A. Knight

Ten Die as Subway Cave-In Traps Workmen

In New York a tunnel cave-in during subway construction left ten workers dead and others trapped. The collapse occurred after blasts and rock fell hundreds of feet below the surface. Superintendent Rufus C. Hunt and foreman Richard Beyers were held on bail as investigators awaited coroner’s findings.

Subway New York New York Subway Rufus C. Hunt Richard Beyers John B. McDonald

Labor Movements Across Nations and U S in Early 1900s

Reports show Canton plans a 360000 temple, Washington City painters seeking wage rises, and May Day 1904 eight hour demands by blast furnace workers. US garment, furniture, and iron molders unions grow, while middlemen face abolition in Lancashire. Nationwide strikes, fund allocations, and anti-boycott measures influence labor dynamics.

Canton Ohio Washington City United States South Grand Rapids Mich Jinga United Garment Workers of America Fink Ivancashire Manchester England Treasury American Moderation of Labor Defense Fund New York City Iron Molders’ Union of North America Bea Cincinnati Washington, D. C Alabama House Senate Cuplalleta Alabama

Notable Names Tangle in Late 19th Century Politics and Society

Astream of biographical sketches details governors, law officers, ambassadors, and reformers. Lorenzo D. Lowell Jr. of McHenry County ascends as prosecuting attorney after years in Kielty's office. Sir Michael Herbert, British ambassador to the United States, dies in Switzerland, having led legations and Washington diplomacy. James Lawrence Blair, emerging reform leader of St. Louis, with substantial life insurance and public work. F. Augustus Heinze, copper magnate, advances in Montana mining disputes. Emma C Moody, widow of Dwight L. Moody, dies in Northfield Massachusetts, leaving three children including Paul Moody.

Lorenzo D. Lowell, Jr McHenry County Hilaworthees Roatite Cryptal Dake Town School Oberlin College Atfe Kielly Lowell Woodstock Dilsworth Michael Henry Herbert Switzerland United States Lord Pauncefote Ogden Goulet Corneling Vanderbilt Michael James Lawrence Blair St. Louis Frank Blair Blur Princeton James Clai St. Louia

Prominent stockman shot near St Joseph Missouri

William Doemeke, a leading young stockman, was shot while returning from a duck hunt six miles west of St Joseph. The nature of the discharge is unclear as two companions were with him. Doemeke died within minutes from a chest wound. Separately, three men Cole, Jack Evans, and John Gord were killed at the Styor Star mine in Behneffer basin while handling dynamite, their bodies reported mutilated.

William Doemeke St. Joseph Doemeke Styor Star Behneffer Basin Cole Jack Evans John Gord

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COLLEGE + CONGRESS Home Washington West Canon City Lgh F. Augustus Heinze Montana Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn A. Neinze Dwight L. Moody Hyst Northfield Maes Ema. C. Moody Mr. Moody Mying Emma Felt Northfield R. Moody Yale D. L. Moony Momit Yarmon Paul Studene li College
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